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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Happy 5th Anniversary!

Today marks the fifth anniversary of Southwest...The Little Quadrant That Could. Five years ago today, I wrote my first post, which talked about the disposition of two parcels owned by the District government - one at the corner of 4th & E streets and the other at the site of Engine 13 at 6th and E streets. The District wants the chosen development team to build a new firehouse at the 4th & E streets parcel with commercial development above it.

Meanwhile, those two parcels that were the subject of my very first post remain unbuilt. E Street Development won the bid to develop the two parcels back in 2009, but construction has yet to begin. It was reported earlier this year that plans for phase one changed from an office building to a hotel and construction would start this spring. That start date has since been pushed back again by a few months. An announcement of which hotel brand is coming to the project should be forthcoming soon.

WDG design of the planned hotel with Engine 13 firehouse.

Needless to say it's been a busy five years in the Little Quadrant That Could...stay tuned!

this blog is great and one of the main reasons I ended up moving to southwest. i feel like there is always something exciting to read and its at the top of my rss feed. keep it coming and thanks for keeping us loyal readers informed! to another five!

Congrats on 5 years! One question though, is there any risk of the whole Wharf redevelopment falling through and not being done at all? I thought they were suppose to get started this spring, but now I read later this year when an equity partner is lined up?

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. To answer Rafael's question, I hear that there are a few potential equity partners that are interested in investing in The Wharf and the development team is close to deciding who they will select. Once they make a decision, the selected partner(s) will have a due diligence period of a few months after which construction can begin. My guess is a groundbreaking will happen this fall. Anyone interested in guessing the date it will happen?

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